Washington, Sept, 17.
Naval Department statistics revealed that four new battleships each costing about $96,000,000 will be laid Gown shortly, bringing the number of battleships under construction to milliard doll: rs. pag twelve, of a total cost of about prie
The statistics showed that construc-{Yon is taking place in various dockyards of destroyers and submarines, at a total cost of $750,000,000.
Mr. Charles Edison, Assistant Sec-decry of the Navy, declared that the important naval construction programme "has put the United States in a position to cope more successfully with the many emergencies ihan anything else that could have Leen done."—Havas.
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